The reasons and causes for the mass migration to abroad: The case of Ghana

Dipl.-Bw. Gyan Perpetual

Bakalářská práce

Abstract:

Migration is a phenomenon with human development and socialisation. Available literature admits to a long history of human movement from one place to another for diverse reasons in the human quest to improve their lives. Migration has either a positive or negative impact on the economic conditions of a country. This study sets out to review literature on the mass migration situation of Ghana, spanning from the historical genesis of this phenomenon up until the recent situation. The focus of this study was to evaluate reasons and causes for the mass migration of Ghanaians to countries of developed economies and to assess the challenges of reintegration for returnees. This assessment was done via a review of relevant literature from Scientific databases (Science Direct, Google Scholar, Web of Science), reports, and statistical databases (WB, UNDP, Ghana Statistical Service). Socio-economic conditions were found to be the principal factor of migration over political and environmental factors that leads to the mass migration of Ghanaians. Reasons for the migration have also been linked to improving the livelihoods and capacities of migrants in developed economies that host these Ghanaians. The challenge with the reintegration of returnees is the poor infrastructural development in Ghana and an unfavourable working system filled with bureaucracies that makes it difficult for starting a new business or acquiring properties to carry out developmental projects.

Keywords

Ghana, Migration, Livelihood, Development, Return migration

Jazyk práce: angličtina

Datum vytvoření / odevzdání či podání práce: 11. 5. 2020

Obhajoba závěrečné práce

• Vedoucí: Ing. Tereza Pilařová, Ph.D.

Česká zemědělská univerzita v Praze

Fakulta tropického zemědělství

Bakalářský studijní program / obor:
Tropické zemědělství / International Cooperation in Agriculture and Rural Development